Getting God down from our “attic” back into our lives
A few weeks ago my family and I had the opportunity to go on an eight-day Ignatian silent retreat in a small, mountainous village in Romania. This experience of withdrawing Continue Reading
The Diocese: it made a difference to me
I have learned, in 26 years of diocesan leadership, that it is by no means clear to everyone in our eparchy (the term used in Canon Law for dioceses of Continue Reading
Becoming a Vital Part of the Church
At 95, after a life-time devoted to serving the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, Fr. Michael Kirila looks back at the pivotal events of his life, including his decades of work together Continue Reading
You are part of the solution
Are you finding it to be a hard time to be a Catholic in the U.S.? I have to say that I am. There is so much around the Child/Youth Continue Reading
One path, one body
“Să Mergem Împreună”: everywhere you looked in Romania—on TV and on billboards, churches and other buildings—you saw the image of a smiling Pope Francis together with these words. Translated, they literally say, Continue Reading
God is calling us to break violence’s stranglehold on our world
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an ongoing epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. As Continue Reading
Meeting with three Popes ”face to face”
For the past 25 years, I have been supremely blessed to have met three Popes “face-to-face” in mostly private audiences on several different occasions in the Vatican as a result Continue Reading
Then I realized they were truly saints…
„CUM AU REUȘIT SFÂNTUL PAPĂ IOAN PAUL AL II-LEA ȘI CEI 7 EPISCOPI MARTIRI GRECO-CATOLICI SĂ-MI SCHIMBE VIAȚA PENTRU TOTDEANUA… ” Născut și crescut în Oradea, într-o familie de preot Continue Reading
The Seven Romanian Greek-Catholic Bishop-Martyrs Who Will Be Beatified by Pope Francis
On June 2, 2019, seven Romanian Greek-Catholic Bishop-martyrs will be beatified in Blaj on the Liberty Plain. The Holy Father Pope Francis himself will lead the beatification service. The blessed Continue Reading
One Body of Christ
It has become something of a cliché to fret about how polarized and divided we have become, not only as a nation but even, as it were, as a species. Continue Reading